Four councillors, four people who should be voted out

Ah councillors, bless ‘em:

• Labour Councillor Suspended From Party For ‘Shirt Lifting Gender Bender’ Attack – Mike Harrison, Thanet, who has been suspended from a month (which, assuming he’s then let back into the Labour group, is rather different from being suspended from the party permanently).
• Thanet Tory councillor suspended for Aids answerphone message reports This is Kent – Ken Gregory, also Thanet. Must be something in the water there. His suspension is pending further investigation.
• Tory councillor faces calls to quit over ‘n***** in woodpile’ comment – Gerry Forsbrey, Spelthorne.
• Conservative councillor derides NHS as “Marxist” – John Butcher, Surrey, with a nasty twist in wanting people living healthy lives to end up in their own communities, separate from those living less healthy ones.

Update: Ken Gregory ended up receiving a caution from the police and a six month suspension from the Conservative Party but was cleared of misconduct by the council’s standards committee as it ruled his action was taken as a private individual rather than as a councillor.